Netanyahu declared Kurds “a fighting people” who had proven their “political moderation, and deserve political independence.” He suggested that the ongoing collapse of Iraq meant Kurds had to slip away.

Kurdistan has been sending oil tankers to Israel, who seems to be the closest reliable buyer for them so long as the Maliki government continues to threaten everyone who buys Kurdish oil with lawsuits.

Kurdish officials have been talking up secession in recent days as well, with Kurdistan Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa telling the Yomiuri Shimbun that he wants to see a referendum scheduled on leaving Iraq and founding an independent nation of Kurdistan.

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Barzani is a puppet placed by Israel, he always was Israel puppet and he will remain as such. He is an opportunistic politician that will be on the side of the highest bider willing to sale all and every Iraqi for his idea I having a Kurdistan of his own. Israel would love to have a oil business relation with Barzani, while his people are in line for food and gasoline, next thing you know is for Halliburton to start cooperating with Norwegian and Israeli investors in Kurdistan for Kurdish oil.

So there's no one talking about or pointing at Israel as the bad guy in the region- for a change. All they have to do is just shut up for a while, and let people forget about them. And Netanyahu steps up and says something completely gratuitous, none of Israel's business whatsoever, that is bound to make his American paymasters angry.